The Battle of Yuan Dynasty is in progress, and the frontline general Gao Pragmatic has never interfered deeply with the specific command, so at this time he can take the time to review the two letters sent from the southwest.
Both letters came from Sichuan, one from the governor Song Liangzuo, and the other from the commander-in-chief Liu Wei.
Let’s talk about Song Liangzuo’s letter first. Song Fujun expressed his sincere gratitude to Gao pragmatism at the beginning of the letter. First of all, he thanked Gao Dang, led by Gao pragmatism, for supporting him as the governor of Sichuan and for convincing Chen Dang in court - that is
Although the group of people Chen Yiqin left to his son Chen Yubi were not strong, Sichuan was the home province of their father and son, and they still had a certain say in the court.
Chen Yubi took refuge with Gao Jingshi during the War of Yunnan and Burma, but he was not part of the real core and still retained a certain degree of autonomy. It was not until the ups and downs of life that Chen Yubi became the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel with the support of Gao Jingshi.
Only then did the two sides really get together.
The officialdom has been controlled by the Gao Party for twenty years. Under such circumstances, Chen Yubi must listen to Gao Pragmatic's instructions, otherwise the throne of Tianguan will not be stable at all. So, just to give Song Liangzuo a chance to be Sichuan
Of course, the governor is not a problem - the governor of Sichuan cannot be more valuable than the official of heaven.
What's more, under the current situation, if Gao Dang, who controls the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of War, does not come forward, or does not work hard, who knows what the Bozhou Rebellion will turn into. This Bozhou is just under the hinterland of Sichuan.
, just go north and cross the Yangtze River to cut off the connection between Chengdu and Chongqing. If it goes to that step, the chaos will be too big.
Next, Song Liangzuo began to blame himself and apologize, and roughly explained the reasons for the failure of the previous campaign. He was quite honest in the letter, admitting that he was eager for success and underestimated the strength of Bozhou, and said that he had changed his mind now.
To make a new start, we must work steadily and thoroughly to completely eliminate the source of chaos in Bozhou, and then successfully complete the matter of reforming the country and returning it to its current status.
Of course, in this statement, it is inevitable to thank Gao Jingshi again. After all, he, Song Fujun, could continue to do so despite such a big mistake. Although Gao Jingshi himself did not stand up to speak for him, the emperor must have looked at him Gao Situ.
Only then would he pinch his nose and endure it to save his face, and continue to give him a chance to prove himself.
Of course Song Fujun understood this. If he didn't thank him, he would be completely unqualified in political literacy.
Then Song Fujun began to explain the next battle plan in detail. In fact, this explanation had nothing new. It almost just repeated what Gao Pragmatic mentioned to him before. The real meaning was probably just to express to Gao Pragmatic
He, Song Fujun, was very obedient to greetings, and whatever Da Situ said he did.
However, Song Fujun also knew that this alone was not enough, so he focused on describing how he would do logistical work as the governor of Sichuan, including coordinating to ensure adequate supplies of food and grass for the various armies to attack, and mobilizing the Sichuan government
Ku also issued an additional amount of expropriation money to various ministries-especially Liu Wei's ministry-and so on.
All in all, Song Fujun planned to be completely invisible in military command this time and to be content with logistical support.
This letter was by no means written casually. Song Liangzuo thought carefully before writing this letter, especially after carefully studying Gao Pragmatic's performance in previous wars.
He discovered that a highly pragmatic leader always only focuses on the general strategic direction and rarely interferes with specific commands; he will fully create good combat conditions for his generals, but will never threaten or force the generals to follow his orders in everything - of course.
, and he didn’t make specific arrangements.
Song Fujun concluded that Gao Situ's policy was to set goals, ensure logistics, and fully delegate power so that generals could independently command operations under advantageous conditions.
From this, and after contacting Gao Situ that he had already "appointed" the strategy and the "appointed" commander-in-chief, wouldn't the only thing he really needs to worry about next be logistics?
Song Fujun thought about it. In the past, Gao Situ was invincible in all battles, and all the final credit belonged to him. And no general could surpass him to bear the greatest honor, so it should be the same now. As long as he ensures the logistics, no matter what
How much credit will Liu Wei have by then? In the end, the biggest contribution will still be from himself, the governor of Sichuan. In this case, why not let Liu Wei be busy?
After reading this letter, Gao pragmatically breathed a sigh of relief. To be honest, he was really frightened by some civil servants who didn't understand military affairs but always thought they knew it. Now it's obviously best for Song Liangzuo to have such self-knowledge.
The ending. Especially when Song Liangzuo specifically stated in the letter that "all armies have been ordered to be controlled by General Liu during the war", Gao Pragmatic was completely reassured.
Professional matters should be left to professional people. This has always been a pragmatic principle, so he put down Song Liangzuo's letter and began to read Liu Wei's letter.
Liu Wei's letter was also a private letter, but he had a close friendship with Gao Pragmatic. Although he was a military general, he spoke much more straightforwardly than Song Liangzuo.
Instead of talking about business at the beginning, he brought up personal matters first. Liu Wei said that he had not seen his father for a long time and hoped that after the battle, Gao Situ could help make arrangements so that he could have the opportunity to fulfill his filial piety. Then
He then brought up the topic of Liu Xin and tested Gao's pragmatic attitude with words such as "My sister-in-law has been harassing Situ for a long time, and she will eventually feel deeply uneasy."
To be honest, this question left Gao Pragmatic speechless. From his point of view, taking Liu Xin in was not a problem at all. From an age point of view, Liu Xin was a mature fruit in the eyes of "modern people", and regardless of appearance or talent, it was
Its particularity makes it the best choice in his opinion, so why should he reject it?
The problem is that Liu Xin cannot convince herself. Although she has already integrated into the Ming Dynasty society, she still maintains the idea of an independent woman and is unwilling to "share" marriage.
Of course Gao Pragmatic also knew that the Liu family had two ideas: of course the best way was to marry the Gao family, even if it was to be a concubine. After all, the Liu family had only been prosperous for two generations, and it was not essentially a "general general".
", his family status is not high - at least not in front of the Xinzheng Gao family of the Practical Learning Sect.
In this case, what's the problem with Liu Xin becoming a high-ranking and pragmatic concubine? This is a perfect match. What's more, Liu Xin has been in the Gao Mansion for a long time. Although to some extent it is not a public appearance, but in the
Gao Pragmatic must have been out in front of him for a long time.
Under this premise, if you don't marry Gao Pragmatic, can someone else ignore this matter? Even if there is, it must be someone whose family status is far inferior to that of the Liu family, or simply Gao Pragmatic's servant
.
This is the second idea of the Liu family: If it doesn't work, they have to find one of the generals under the Liu family to marry Liu Xin. Of course, this is a real "marriage", and doing so is actually for
Liu Xin had been waiting to pay for the bill in Gaofu for a long time, and it was really a last resort. Neither Liu Xian nor Liu Wei were willing to see it in their hearts.
In the past, Liu Wei has mentioned this, but Gao Pragmatic rarely answered, because if he answered, all the pressure would go to Liu Xin. He did not want to cause such pressure to Liu Xin, so he used his own identity to
Her status gave her the blame.
Although the Liu family and his son were dissatisfied with this, they could not afford to offend Gao pragmatism in any way, and Gao pragmatism had always taken great care of their father and son. This matter has been dragged on for many years until now.
Last year, Liu Xian's health began to deteriorate, and Liu Xin stayed for a while after visiting her. But after she returned to Beijing, she didn't say much to Gao Pragmatic. Gao Pragmatic himself had a lot of things to be busy with, and he couldn't be too busy.
I forgot about it. Now that Liu Wei has so clearly "hinted" me, I remember that there is such a thing, and I can't help but have a headache.
After saying this, Liu Wei mentioned serious matters. Regarding the elimination of Yang Yinglong in Bozhou, Liu Wei's idea coincided with the method Gao Pragmatic had proposed before.
According to Liu Wei's judgment, the role of the remaining armies was not to inflict heavy casualties on the Bozhou Army on the battlefield, but to block Bozhou's roads leading to all directions.
In essence, this is to cut off Banshu's connection with the outside world and completely block possible external assistance. As long as this goal is achieved, Banshu will be a turtle in the urn, and failure is inevitable. It is just a matter of sooner or later.
Liu Wei analyzed that Yang Yinglong or his military advisor Sun Shitai should be able to see this. However, this move was originally a conspiracy, and it was useless for Sun Shitai to see through it, because Bozhou's strength was there, and they could only make it worse after seeing through it.
Experience the feeling of despair and you can't change it at all.
There is a reason for Liu Wei to say this. He said that although the Bozhou Army achieved two consecutive "anti-encirclement and suppression" victories, there was a reason. The most important reason was that the officers and soldiers did not really pay attention to their opponents during the two encirclement and suppression campaigns.
I thought I could defeat the Bozhou Army with only 10,000 or 20,000 people.
Liu Wei believes that although the weapons and equipment of the Bozhou Army are relatively backward compared with the official army, the Bozhou Army is similar to the Guangxi Wolf Soldiers. Although its equipment is cheap, it is suitable for local operations.
For example, at that time, the "main battle weapon" used by the wolf soldiers of the Cen and Huang families in Guangxi was nothing more than bamboo spears. However, even those bamboo spears may be more useful in mountain and forest battles than the Yan Ling Dao and muskets of the official army.
Even if they were confronting Annan's Mo family and Zheng family head-on, the power of these bamboo spear soldiers was even more frightening to the Annan people than Jinghua's volley array - this is just like in history when the Russians shouted "Ula" and rushed forward.
It is almost easier for artillery to clear the ground and defeat the enemy.
The Bozhou Army is similar in nature to the Guangxi Wolf Soldiers, and this is also the case. Coupled with Yang Yinglong's deception now, the Bozhou Soldiers have the idea of defending their homeland, and they are definitely more threatening in close combat.
At the same time, among the remaining armies, officers and soldiers do not account for the majority, and some are even dominated by other chieftains. Their soldiers must be reliable when guarding their own homes, and they can even be sent out to exterminate Japanese pirates.
, but if you are going to fight other toasts "next door", there is no guarantee that you will not be disappointed, and I am afraid that you will not be very motivated.
Therefore, Liu Wei believed that the other armies should not engage in field battles with the Bozhou Army, but should only advance slowly and build camps ready to defend at any time. In this way, even if the Bozhou Army took the initiative to attack, they would only need to rely on the camps to defend.
In addition to greatly reducing casualties, it can also continue to bleed the Banzhou Army.
If things go on like this...well, it doesn't even have to be like this for a long time, just once or twice, the Bozhou Army will definitely not continue to fight like this. After all, Bozhou's population is limited, and it cannot withstand such meaningless consumption.
Then, in addition to these armies, there must be a main force to truly defeat the Bozhou Army. Liu Wei undoubtedly believed that his own army was the main force - of course, he also knew that this was how Gao Pragmatic arranged it.
Liu Wei said that the current strength of the Bozhou Army should not have reached its limit. With the imperial court's encirclement and suppression campaign, the Bozhou Army will definitely continue to recruit people to expand the army, and eventually there may be "tens of thousands of thieves." However, he believes that this
It's not scary, because although the native people are tough, some people who were captured from the mountains and recruited into the army are born good soldiers, but... the seedlings are just seedlings after all, and real good soldiers still need training and actual combat to be trained.
Liu Wei's idea was to not give these newly recruited Bozhou troops training time and actual combat opportunities.
Without giving them time to train, they relied on the army to quickly assemble and immediately form a centripetal siege, forcing Yang Yinglong to be surrounded by enemies on all sides.
The troops are sent out, either to counterattack the enemy, or to hold on to the danger... In short, these troops have to be sent out quickly to do things, and there is no time to "spare" in training.
Not giving them a chance to fight actually meant that other armies did not fight with them in the field. As a fierce general who captured the flag by beheading generals at the age of thirteen, Liu Wei had personal experience and detailed observation of a person's growth on the battlefield.
He knew that once a new recruit wins a field battle, even if he just follows the veteran and wins a downwind battle, his psychological advantage and technical and tactical level will be greatly improved. By the time he goes to the battlefield for the second time, he will almost be a qualified "veteran".
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Now that the Banshu Army has the geographical advantage of fighting on the inside and the people and advantages of "defending homeland", the chance of winning in field battles has greatly increased. But if the remaining few
The Route Army did not give them a chance to fight in the field, and every time they allowed the Bozhou Army to attack the fortress with crude weapons and equipment. It was extremely difficult for the Bozhou Army to win.
In this way, assuming that the recruits lose the first battle and then lose again, the psychological construction of "I am invincible" has obviously failed. From then on, they will fall into self-doubt, and then doubt the prospects of the entire war. The so-called
The morale of the army naturally fell to the bottom.
As for Liu Wei's own journey, he was confident that there was no problem at all. Before the Battle of Yunnan and Burma, Gao Pragmatic gradually changed the uniforms of his troops. After the baptism of the Battle of Yunnan and Burma, he was responsible for intimidating Burma.
Strength continues to grow.
Today's Liu Jiajun not only has more personnel than a few years ago, but also has more artillery and muskets. At the same time, the core of hand-to-hand combat in his hands, the "Japanese War Yiding", has also been replaced with a new one made of Jinghua stainless steel.
The new sword armor has greatly improved both its lethality and defense.
Of course, the pursuit ability has indeed declined, because the equipment and weapons have become a lot heavier, and it has become a veritable heavy infantry. In battle, an individual soldier can bear a weight of nearly 70 kilograms.
Seeing this data, Gao Pragmatic smiled, because his father who served as a soldier in the northwest in his previous life told him that at that time, the soldiers of the Red Dynasty had a saying that "no soldiers, sixty pounds" [note
:Perhaps it is just a saying from a certain period.] Now the elite soldiers under Liu Wei who surrendered to the Japanese are somewhat like this.
With such equipment, and the fact that Liu Wei has always attached great importance to the combat effectiveness of his soldiers, he is still very confident in defeating the main force of the Bozhou Army in the field.
However, while expressing confidence, Liu Wei also raised some concerns.
----------
Thanks to book friend "Cao Mianzi" for your reward and support, thank you!
Thanks to book friends "Cao Mianzi", "KeyNg", "Dirty Dragon First Pot 2021", and "soviet2003" for their monthly ticket support, thank you!
